christopherhord

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A new resolution for a new year

In Arts, General, Media, Music, Programming, Publishing, Technology, Uncategorized on January 22, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Made It Through Christmas Again

My Christmas song launched in december

Part of my resolution is simply to blog more, of course, and this post starts that ball rolling easily enough. But there’s more than that — I need to exploit this blog a little more to promote some of my projects. I always feel a little self-conscious about promoting my projects but I’ve got enough interesting items going on right now that I want to start getting information out there.

I am currently working a contract with a Prominent Internet Retailer but I don’t think I can say much about that. Too bad, because the project was pretty ground-breaking in nature. I think I will ask around and see what I can reasonably discuss, but that’s for a future post.

Probably the most colorful item I’ve managed to accomplish recently is my Christmas song. In November, Applce made a version of their Garage Band for iPad for the iPhone and iPod touch. I was very excited by this news, because all the reviews I read had me convinced the app would be useful to me.

I’ll write more details in a future post but, suffice it to say, I love this app. Just while I was learning how to use the app, I was easily able to create a little demo of a Christmas song I had written during the holiday season, the year before. Thus, Made It Through Christmas Again was born. I used digital distributor CD Baby and the title went on sale at Amazon, iTunes and the like just before the holiday. All my profits are going to the Make A Wish Foundation.

I’m writing a couple of e-books and editing another. Also, possibly programming a couple of iPhone apps.

These are long term projects, so this is just an overview. There’ll be updates in the near future.

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Do not be alarmed. This is only a test.

In General, Mac, Social Networking, Technology on January 31, 2011 at 8:39 pm

One of my major goals this year is to streamline my production workflow on my computer. Another is to better unite some facets of my online identity. It looks like my blog is going to be a part of that. I’m just testing a WordPress.com feature to flag my Twitter account when I blog a new post. If you see it, why not post something to say hello at the blog or follow me on Twitter?

I’ve recently added a new desktop Mac to the studio so it should be a fun time, catching up with new technology and otherwise having fun with toys. There will definitely be some reviews.

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Well, well, well

In General on September 1, 2010 at 5:29 pm

Progress here got delayed. I picked up a couple of nice contracts but they kept me plenty busy for a while. I have about three other contracts in discussion now, so I’m going to try to do a little updating on the site while I can.

Fortunately, in the interim, I had a little time to read up on the documentation of WordPress.com. I had used a full WordPress installation on a hosted site I ran before, and I’ve been a little uncertain about what functionality to expect here. Now that I’ve got a better idea, I’m starting to add a few features to the site.

I’ve also been thinking about content and organization. Later, I may look into design but that’s a ways off.

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Hello world!

In General on June 7, 2010 at 4:17 am

Seems like an apropos title for the first entry for this journal.

This blog is a place to collect some of my writings on media and technology.

I am a writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, technical writer and business writer. I’ve worked for various newspapers and magazines, on the radio and online.

I am also a recent graduate in computer programming. One of the areas that particularly interests me is the juncture between media and technology.

In this blog, I will be covering topics that relate to these interests. Thanks for reading and welcome aboard!